Sorry for not putting a warning about the Trypophobia at 11:40 folks. I figured it would be relevant to the conversation, but just skip ahead to 11:52 if you wanna avoid em.
It’s so funny how Aggregor was this frightening presence for most of the characters in this arc and yet you called him Greg for most of this breakdown 😂
No kidding he's planet doesn't have dishonesty and conflict!(wich humanity should take notes on) Call me sucker, but I like utopias not dystopias. Anyone Else?
I love so much that Galapagus went on a FAKE rampage to get Bens attention. Like, he learned to use violence, but in a pasicifistic way, he tried to only damage property and not people.
Kuro I feel obligated to let you know how great these videos are, these breakdowns are what got me back into the franchise I love so much. Thank you for these.
The thing that always bugged me about this episode even as a kid is that Greg straight up killed a well recognized plumber and suffered no consequences. He basically killed a cop and none of the plumbers try to initially locate his last location and do investigations. Maybe Greg threw out the evidence but it feels like no one cared
@@kumarsaurabh9216 nah that was hella long even if the plumbers are intergalactic they should have files or tabs on each of their enforcers or officers to know their current situations and everything. By bare minimum someone should have been sent to investigate the dudes position. The only other possible reason why the plumbers weren’t aware about the dude is if aggregor had something to do with it e.g impersonation
Galapagus is my favourite part of this episode " eating grass and debating philosophy. Enjoying the great gift of life " " ly - ing ? " " Any p l u m *b* e r s in the vicinity? " The nickname turtle-face I just feel bad that everyone ganged up on him.
12:31 I actually got why he was called "P'andor". Back at my secondary school I learned the story about Pandora's box and I pretty much got the reference
The reason he drained that Geochelone Aerio dry was because when Osmosians absorbs powers they only keep them temporarily. However if the take all that creatures energy and lifeforce, they keep them permanently. Albeit at 1/10 the strength of the original.
According to Dwayne, Addwaitya was a Geochelone Aerio (Galapagus/Terraspin's species) philosopher and magician. They don't know that he became corrupt and just assume that he's kind and gentle like them. Dwayne also said that Addwaitya still has his natural wind abilities despite lacking holes
For those wondering "why is Alien X Green", it was an error but I like to imagine that the reason he was Green was because in Ultimate Alien, it's revealed ben had alien x locked so that albedo couldn't access him, and I like to think that was the shows way of hinting at it, maybe the Green shading was to show that it was inaccessible.
Bivalvan here really sounds like the clones from Star Wars: the Clone Wars. Another example of a show where Dee Bradley Baker flexes his voice-acting talents to the max.
Yeah and make a show look like a local theater production in the process. Dee’s talented but not that talented. He was great in TCW tho, just not here.
@@jasonnguyen2575 I would blame that more on the voice direction than Dee personally. Also Dee has contributed to so many projects just by simply making animal sounds, which I might mention goes uncredited. You’re entitled to your opinion but I feel it’s unfair to say that Dee isn’t “that talented” simply because of the direction he was given.
I thought of it as aggregor's absorbed power would dissipate over time like kevin's did before mutation and he needed the machine and stuff to permanently absorb the powers into him.
Basically if osmosians absorbs DNA they’ll temporarily have the power of the being they absorbed but if technology is involved the dna is more permanent to the osmosian body
@@jvbon646 the way aggreagore absorb the power is far more better than kevin His amalgamation is perfect combine of 5 alien and he has full control over all power sometimes use both in the same times make it more powerful
I like to think that Osmosians are kinda like venomous snakes where the children can’t control how much venom they inject making them more dangerous, it would explain why Kevin gets more power from absorbing aliens than Aggregor
I have that phobia too. The patterns send subconscious messages to your brain stimulating discuss/discomfort. This defense/survival mechanism is activated because the patterns register to your brain as decay/decaying flesh.
I thought Animo with the Yeti was a whole episode. I knew either way we didn't see him capture him. It's way more fun to imagine that than see it. "You'd best square up, Yeti. You've no chance at besting me, Dr. Animo! LEFT HOOK!"
@@axelnilsson5124 I had rhe first 10 episodes of ua on dvd and even i didnt remember him appearing. The rest of uaf I only seen clips on TV long ago and youtube, I think I also saw juryriggs debut on TV.
I appreciate the darker tone of this part of Ultimate Alien. The heroes save the day, sorta, both here and in Fame, only for the episode to end in a very somber note, where Aggregor wins, so it's like it was all for nothing. Aggregor earns some villain points by being so effective.
The "powers" thing always bugged me too. I'm working on my own sci fi story and I usually say "abilities" over powers, if the ability is natural to the alien's species.
Something to note: When Magister Galil gets attacked by aggregor it got censored by the network for some reason. Years later I found this out but wondered why they did it because it wasn't implied that he died, I assumed he was just knocked out.
I feel really sorry for Galapagos. The peaceful turtle-like extraterrestrial was was just asking simple but logical questions and the other prisoners often snap at him for that.
I actually believe it's the case of what Kevin and Aggregor absorbed, Aggregor seemed to absorb life energy, while Kevin simply absorbed actual DNA from the Omnitrix.
*Deep Breaths* - We now see the Yeti in its natural habitat....making me question the Secret Saturdays crossover. - Dang, the Andromeda Five is so underused by Ben! - Bet Galapagus' homeworld would be great with some weed... - 🎵Con-tinu-ity! BOOM! - For the most part, I'm ok with Aggregor and his design....But then I remember the Servantis plot and start sobbing, trying to figure out the puzzle 😭 - Pierce's Girlfriend: Lost Storyline in the background - 🎵Gotta collect 'em all, Ultimatrix!🎵 - Killing the Plumber wasn't enough, he had loot him for the suit?!
I think it makes sense they retconned how strong their absorption is. After all, at the time of Ultimate Alien, Osmosians were an entire species, so it makes sense to make their copied powers a bit less powerful so you wouldn’t have an entire series of overly powerful copy cats
23:05 hold up, the Ultimatrix is also missing Goop, Wildmutt (if you're feeling fancy enough to count that this early into the show, same with Heatblast), and Nanomech
I never understood why aggregor didnt just went in the original planets and captured another set of aliens other than spesifically searching for the originals
There's something about the andromeda aliens that are very standout aesthetically. Can only really put it as, they look very action figure convertable lol. Not that it's a bad thing at all, I'm sure that was the idea for most alien designs since season 1 of classic proved to be money making. But these especially have a toy feel
Well, I think we have to consider the fact that the Omnitrix has near unlimited power, where a living being doesn't. Meaning it kinda makes sense that Kevin can have fully powered alien, where Agragor doesn't. Also, I don't think Agragor thought about using the Omnitrix, cause he was so focused on absorbing the Andromeda 5
Terraspin got done dirty. They explicitly say he is immune to magic and mana and show it, but later in spoiler location with Charmcaster he does jack shit and just jobs.
I would say that the power damper for humans would probably prevent us from using adrenaline and probably leave us feeling exhausted and possibly weak. Pretty much just letting us move but doing much more
8:07 ~0~ Oh Great Ben Tennyson It took me a bit to realize you were calling *Aggregor* Greg 21:45 Agreed. That'd be neat 23:10 Wait isn't Goop missing?
I've got a lot of things to say about this: I'm really glad to see one of my favorite episodes of Ultimate Alien being covered. This episode reminded me why, from the Andromeda five, armadillo is my favorite alien (I much preferred the jackhammer earthquake arms to the OV drill arms), why Galapagos is my favorite character, that people friggin died on-screen in this franchise!!! Bivalvin seems to have a lot of experience breaking out of prison, seeing how he handles this situation (I see him sort of like the Kevin 11 of this group) I love how you call Aggregor "Greg" I have ONE problem with this breakdown video tho: At 21:30 you forgot about Goop!!!
considering that P'andor is confirmed to be a criminal from his planet, I wouldn't be surprised if Bivalvan is some kind of a fugitive or a spy from his planet.
When Galapagus was talking to Ben about there being a song about him, I thought it was a meta joke to Ben 10's most iconic song. It's been a while, but I believe it goes a little something like this: "It started when an alien device did what it did" :)
YES WE CAN AGREE ON THIS! “Powers” would be a relative term based on what a species can’t normally do. Me spitting a certain distance would be considered a “power” by an alien that maybe can’t spit at all... natural biological functions shouldn’t be considered “powers” unless the rest of the species is unable to perform them.
Bivalvan always felt like the leader of Andromeda five to me to be honest. Raad was egoistic anti-hero Pandor was straight up evil jerk Andreas was kinda gentle giant And Galapagus was straight up Wholesome to be honest. That's just my opinion though. What did you think? Kuro ?
Andreas definetly had an innocent streak but He was also prone to violence, So I got more hulk vibes from him. It makes sense bivalvan was a leader given his species is well revered on his homeworld and are scene with almost religous reverence/ as celebrities. Pandor I get the impression that he’s the only character that might properly belong in a prison. Then again his circumstances are worse than the others since he’s pretty much starving in that thing. Agreed with raad and galapagus!
i would say Ra'ad is more an "I do this my own way" type of guy, like he isn't really a team player. could be the reason why he lasted longer among the andromeda 5
This is one of the best episodes for me in UA. It really hooked me up for what was about to come. Now that I look back, we got three major arcs (?) in the UA: - Aggregor and Andromeda prisoners Arc (Season 1) - Ultimate Kevin Arc (Season 1) (Although it is correlated with the first one) - Diagon Arc (Season 2) I have always enjoyed the first arc a lot. It was different and very enjoyable for me.
The power draining device was actually draining their stamina, as seen with Bivalvan shooting small jets of water when Galapagos took the device. Also, don't forget that when Kevin absorbed Heatblast's power in the Original it only covered half his body and dried up after some time, so since then it was implied that Osmosians could only absorbe one tenth of an alien's strength. And finally, I want to point out that the Yeti is a relative of V. V. Argost("foreshadowing" that cryptids exist in this universe) and that it is likely the team met with Animo and the Yeti in the same Tibetan mountains that Argost killed Zak's mom parents, as a trivia of how the Ben 10 and the Saturdays universes mix up.
Good catch with V.V argost! Thought I was the only one who had that in mind. Although You’d think he’d be a bit weary over his scheme of controlling a bunch of yetis..maybe it was actually argost that sold him the device in the first place pfft.
In 'Framed', we see Kevin turning into the entire alien. So, no. It was really just a retcon Also... I don't see how the draining device is only draining their stamina?? No one ever claims that they feel weaker, and Ra'ad is just constantly floating but you'd think he wouldn't be if the device drained his stamina
@@PhantomKnight27, then Kevin didn't actually absorb the Omnitrix DNA, but was struck by an overflow of Omnitrix energy(similar to when he hacked it in AF Season 3), which messed up his DNA with that of the original 10, eventually leading to his first mutation, so it was a mutation, not DNA absorbtion. Also, the thing with the stamina absorbtion is that it seemed like the best explanation to me about their powers being drained, apart from "cartoon device which magically takes away the powers and nothing else."
@@mitchjervis8453 You're right about that. I should've thought about that more. My argument was pretty shit there. Not only that, but it's only cause he went directly for the Omnitrix that he was able to do so, which automatically disqualifies my previous argument So, returning to 'Kevin 11' then. If Aggregor was only capable of absorbing 1/10th, that it couldn't even mutate him, then how was Kevin able to absorb seemingly half?? He didn't go for the Omnitrix, here so wouldn't he not mutate to such a degree?? Regarding the second paragraph, I was confused cause you stated it like it was a fact instead of a theory you thought up. But yeah, there's just... really no other explanation for it than "plot device", which is really sad... I was hoping it'd be more as well
The thing with the Ultimatrix's activation method, is that the Omnitrix from the OS does the same multiple times. It's not the same with the Ultimatrix, where it's solely activated this way. However, we have been told how the Omnitrix's activation method works, and there have been multiple times where it was not activated that way. The Ultimatrix's activation method seems to greatly imply that the Ultimatrix is activated psuedo-telepathically.
This one is one I was waiting for. It's a really good episode to fully set up the plot and I do love the format of it especially having Galapagos tell us this story with him as our main character. It's fascinating especially how peaceful he is and his relationship to everyone growing overtime. Even him learning from the others to outsmart and defeat Agragor for a little while. I will say I was shocked that they actually killed the Plumber but I think it's a cool idea although it is sad cause he is a really cool character so losing him is sad even if it helps to show the threat Agragor possess and how ruthless he is.
The reason the first turtle Greg absorbed wasn't enough is because osmosisons have a limit and for the most part a duration. That's why he needed to build a machine to absorb more of their power.
14:15 my new Headcanon for it is now, the reason Kevin could go Toe to Toe with Ben is while yes he only got 10% of The Aliens Strength, it was because he was an 11 Year Old version of them, while Ben was still 10, for humans 11 and 10 Year Olds aren't that different strength wise, for the other species like Pyronites or Tetramands it could be a HUGE gap in power
I probably like the Andromeda Five more than most. I've always liked it when Ben's aliens get some back story to them or are shown outside of just being an alien transformation.
The andromeda five are pretty much the best thing about ultimate alien honestly. Really weird how ben never tried going ultimate with them. The only thing that rivals the individuals and the transformations being ultimate kevin
11:14 Its because a small portion would just be temporary whereas like with Aggregor later he had the Andromeda aliens absorbed entirely into them which gave him both the abilities as well as physiologies of all of them whwre as with Kevin in OS he omly had parts of Ben's aliens' DNA and that makes it easy to assume that its the reason Kevin couldnt use certain alien powers like Upgrade's power.
I feel bad for galapagus, First he wanted help from ben and the team, only to get beaten by them and when he thought he was being rescued, aggregor found him…
This was the episode that I think sold me on Aggregor as a villain. Made it very clear he was a threat, merciless, and on a mission. Just casually killing people onscreen.
Adding on to Kuro's idea, a coop mode could be a thing that allows u to play with multiple of your friends through some specific levels. For example, there could be a level where u and 4 other of your friends have to play as the Andromeda 5 and escape from Aggregor's ship and it could play like a GTA V heist, u have to try not to be spotted, u need to sneak around and take out enemies from behind. I can imagine this being cool and fun because playing GTA V heists with my friends is fun because we mess around and act stupid.
I can always tell when it's Dee Bradley Baker, I got so used to his voice when he played Every Clone in the clone wars show. He has a few variations on that voice, and then one more that I recognize as Variks from Destiny.
Really enjoyed this episode and the breakdown of said episode. As for the redesigns of the Stalker, they all look really good, the only thing that I have to say about them is that some of them if not the majority of the designs look similar to the Martian fighting machines/ tripods from the War of the Worlds novel, movie and musical. (But I guess that’s more of a me thing, really like that story as well as the musical adaptation).
Personally, I'd guess the reason Kevin got the full powers of Ben's individual aliens in classic, is just that he wasn't absorbing the powers directly, but was rather absorbing the ability to turn into those alien species from the Omnitrix. Could also explain the slow or sometimes incomplete transformations too. Then as to his amalgamated state, just go with the idea of each one being weaker because there's so much going on.
The way I imagined the activation of the ultimatrix was similar to having a smart watch like the Apple Watch whenever you raise it to look at it, that’s when it turns on
As a kid thsi was my favorite episode I think. I recall it a lot, and even enjoyed Terra spin as both a transformation and the guy himself(forgot his name). Though unfortunately for me I have major Tryptaphobia so that sycked lol. I actually think this is what started it for me as as a kid seeing Aggregor randomly opening giant holes in hid body really disturbed me lol.
Master Galil coming to investigate Greg's ship gave me an early taste of the horror trope of a cop coming to investigate and naively leaving himself open to get iced. I felt so much tension when I was little because watching an authority figure get dealt with so easily was pretty frightening
5:53 Considering the fact that the Ultimatrix was made by Albedo specifically for combat purposes, that actually makes a bit of sense. 9:52 Oh my god... Kuro touches grass!?
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Sorry for not putting a warning about the Trypophobia at 11:40 folks. I figured it would be relevant to the conversation, but just skip ahead to 11:52 if you wanna avoid em.
Nice to see you care!
😁
Kuro cares about us 😁
And by the way kids watch this the animators should put some kind of a glow to the holes.
@@s.p1165 Huh?
I like how the Andromeda prisoners’ individual flaws are visible in this episode.
Also, I died of laughter when you called Aggregor “Greg” lmao.
When did he say that?
@@christianparrish6647 does he have to?
@@ksoundkaiju9256 nevermind, I already found out
@@ksoundkaiju9256 wdym "do they have to"
@@---oq5kb I mean I think their flaws are pretty obvious
It’s so funny how Aggregor was this frightening presence for most of the characters in this arc and yet you called him Greg for most of this breakdown 😂
Galapagos is a really wholesome alien, really sucks what happened to him.
yeah his race got culled or extincted
I don't think his species are extinct.
Wish he cameback more
No kidding he's planet doesn't have dishonesty and conflict!(wich humanity should take notes on) Call me sucker, but I like utopias not dystopias. Anyone Else?
@@au7923 yeah thats on me.
i thought he killed them all hence why he is so eager on catching the escapees
I like how defined the Andromeda 5's personalities are. Would have loved to see them come back in Omniverse with distinct designs.
Would be difficult though because traveling to another galaxy is no walk in the park even in Ben 10
@@axelnilsson5124 they straight up traverse universes and time in that series. It wouldn't be that difficult
@@HerohammerStudios they do that with specific devices such as paradox’s chrono navigator and the 23rd mr smoothies
I think pandor is always pissed because he’s always starving with the suit on. He’s Essentially always living in a state of hangry
He’s also a crime lord so that makes it worse 😅
Dee having such a great voice must be hard on shows like Ben 10 or the clone wars. Guy probably just spends hours in a room talking to himself
He's like atlas from greek mythology just carrying the whole show on his back.
The man's made a career of talking to himself.
And now he has a whole show mostly talking to himself.
i think it's more standard practice for VA's to record each character in an individual session. because swapping between voices gets tiring.
I love so much that Galapagus went on a FAKE rampage to get Bens attention.
Like, he learned to use violence, but in a pasicifistic way, he tried to only damage property and not people.
Kuro I feel obligated to let you know how great these videos are, these breakdowns are what got me back into the franchise I love so much. Thank you for these.
Thank you! Glad you like em
@@TheInkTank i'm getting interested in animation! Before the"what ruined Ben 10"video I didn't know the difference between animation and art style.
Same, the ink tank really sucked me back into the fandom
The thing that always bugged me about this episode even as a kid is that Greg straight up killed a well recognized plumber and suffered no consequences. He basically killed a cop and none of the plumbers try to initially locate his last location and do investigations. Maybe Greg threw out the evidence but it feels like no one cared
Only because Rowley wasn't there to stop him.
The plumbers later find out about Aggregor in the Map of Infinity episode. So there you go.
@@kumarsaurabh9216 that's way too long imo
@@Moon_Sushie Not way so long in my opinion.
@@kumarsaurabh9216 nah that was hella long even if the plumbers are intergalactic they should have files or tabs on each of their enforcers or officers to know their current situations and everything. By bare minimum someone should have been sent to investigate the dudes position. The only other possible reason why the plumbers weren’t aware about the dude is if aggregor had something to do with it e.g impersonation
3:03 Even the Yeti turned around and looked at him like "What?????" 😂😂😂😂
Kuro calling Aggregor ‘Greg’ is my new favorite thing, another great breakdown 👍
Galapagus is my favourite part of this episode
" eating grass and debating philosophy. Enjoying the great gift of life "
" ly - ing ? "
" Any p l u m *b* e r s in the vicinity? "
The nickname turtle-face
I just feel bad that everyone ganged up on him.
He's a gentle soul. I love him as a character.
Always love that little family photo of aliens the ultimatrix did in that episode
Too bad not every alien was on there
@@axelnilsson5124 it has Upchuck that’s what counts
@@SubToTheUpchucks true
Even when he mentions the ones that aren’t there.
Goop still gets shafted 😢
8:06 Kuro imitating Galapagus hand gesture is pretty hilarious 😂😂. Try playing that in loop.
12:31 I actually got why he was called "P'andor". Back at my secondary school I learned the story about Pandora's box and I pretty much got the reference
The reason he drained that Geochelone Aerio dry was because when Osmosians absorbs powers they only keep them temporarily. However if the take all that creatures energy and lifeforce, they keep them permanently. Albeit at 1/10 the strength of the original.
Imagine if Hazard was calling Galapagus a slur but we got censored into hearing Amphibian
According to Dwayne, Addwaitya was a Geochelone Aerio (Galapagus/Terraspin's species) philosopher and magician. They don't know that he became corrupt and just assume that he's kind and gentle like them. Dwayne also said that Addwaitya still has his natural wind abilities despite lacking holes
5:45 "Galapagos's species is immune to mana"-Aggregor
Yea a retcon.
Galapagos isn’t an hostile individual he likely just pretended so he’d stop pretending to be a threat
I think he doesn’t feel anything from that blast….
Just because you are immune yo something doesn't mean being hit with ot won't cause knock back.
For those wondering "why is Alien X Green", it was an error but I like to imagine that the reason he was Green was because in Ultimate Alien, it's revealed ben had alien x locked so that albedo couldn't access him, and I like to think that was the shows way of hinting at it, maybe the Green shading was to show that it was inaccessible.
As a kid I found this ep so cool because if feels amazing seeing the story of other characters
Bivalvan here really sounds like the clones from Star Wars: the Clone Wars. Another example of a show where Dee Bradley Baker flexes his voice-acting talents to the max.
Goes to show how good of a voice actor he is
Sounds more like Batman (Kevin conroy
Yeah and make a show look like a local theater production in the process. Dee’s talented but not that talented. He was great in TCW tho, just not here.
@@jasonnguyen2575 he had the easiest paycheck out of all Star Wars!
@@jasonnguyen2575 I would blame that more on the voice direction than Dee personally. Also Dee has contributed to so many projects just by simply making animal sounds, which I might mention goes uncredited. You’re entitled to your opinion but I feel it’s unfair to say that Dee isn’t “that talented” simply because of the direction he was given.
I thought of it as aggregor's absorbed power would dissipate over time like kevin's did before mutation and he needed the machine and stuff to permanently absorb the powers into him.
Basically if osmosians absorbs DNA they’ll temporarily have the power of the being they absorbed but if technology is involved the dna is more permanent to the osmosian body
He also needed it to be a perfect amalgamation, instead of an abomination like with Kevin's mutations
@@axelnilsson5124 that doesn’t seem to fit with kevin 11,00’s future, but perhaps.
@@GreaterGrievobeast55 in the context of classic there are no osmosians so it would be different in that future
@@jvbon646 the way aggreagore absorb the power is far more better than kevin
His amalgamation is perfect combine of 5 alien and he has full control over all power sometimes use both in the same times make it more powerful
I like to think that Osmosians are kinda like venomous snakes where the children can’t control how much venom they inject making them more dangerous, it would explain why Kevin gets more power from absorbing aliens than Aggregor
That would make sense since we get to see it IS possible to absorb a lot more energy but it probably gets harder with age.
I have that phobia too. The patterns send subconscious messages to your brain stimulating discuss/discomfort. This defense/survival mechanism is activated because the patterns register to your brain as decay/decaying flesh.
Terraspins species look like and sound like lazy and chill people trying to talk and it's cute
Galapagus had the best episode. His Terraspin and Radd's Ampfibian are my favorite forms.
I thought Animo with the Yeti was a whole episode. I knew either way we didn't see him capture him. It's way more fun to imagine that than see it.
"You'd best square up, Yeti. You've no chance at besting me, Dr. Animo! LEFT HOOK!"
Let’s go!
I really like the story of Terraspin species.
I’m shocked that Magister returned, just to be killed by Aggregor is scary.
He didn't deserve it
I think they just needed someone to kill and didnt want to pay J.K Simmons for future episodes
I didnt even remember he died in the episode
@@just_a_tepig3611 I only watched the ending of the episode so I didn’t even know gilhil appeared until I watched the whole episode
@@axelnilsson5124 I had rhe first 10 episodes of ua on dvd and even i didnt remember him appearing. The rest of uaf I only seen clips on TV long ago and youtube, I think I also saw juryriggs debut on TV.
I appreciate the darker tone of this part of Ultimate Alien. The heroes save the day, sorta, both here and in Fame, only for the episode to end in a very somber note, where Aggregor wins, so it's like it was all for nothing. Aggregor earns some villain points by being so effective.
4:17 again, Brainstorm's electrokenesis was first shown in his debut episode when he used it to save Julie
The "powers" thing always bugged me too. I'm working on my own sci fi story and I usually say "abilities" over powers, if the ability is natural to the alien's species.
I really love Bivalvan, and the creative decision to call Aggregor 'Greg' is GOATed on your part Kuro
Something to note:
When Magister Galil gets attacked by aggregor it got censored by the network for some reason. Years later I found this out but wondered why they did it because it wasn't implied that he died, I assumed he was just knocked out.
I feel really sorry for Galapagos. The peaceful turtle-like extraterrestrial was was just asking simple but logical questions and the other prisoners often snap at him for that.
Peaceful nature is often seen as a weaknes and weak people are victims and in nature food
I actually believe it's the case of what Kevin and Aggregor absorbed, Aggregor seemed to absorb life energy, while Kevin simply absorbed actual DNA from the Omnitrix.
I like to think that Bivalvan's voice changes based on the amount of water he has inside of him ig
That’s a cool theory!
So when he don’t have his power and he can’t regenerated water his voice is so badass
@@TheInkTank thanks
I always thought that the ultimatrix was activated by Ben flexing a muscle in his wrist to open up the ultermatrix dial
I can’t get over you calling Agreggor “Greg” I can’t stop laughing
That las scene it's another reason of why i loved Agreggor presentation. A Smart Slasher-ish kind of villian
10:19 I just love how casual this line is. Galapagus is underrated.
13:50 was so funny a spat out my water 😭
Gosh I love the Andromada 5's designs. In another timeline I could see these guys as 5 of Ben's core aliens in classic.
I like how the Andromeda 5 represent specific elements bivalven -water pandor -fire galapagos-wind rad-lightning and Andreas-earth
*Deep Breaths*
- We now see the Yeti in its natural habitat....making me question the Secret Saturdays crossover.
- Dang, the Andromeda Five is so underused by Ben!
- Bet Galapagus' homeworld would be great with some weed...
- 🎵Con-tinu-ity! BOOM!
- For the most part, I'm ok with Aggregor and his design....But then I remember the Servantis plot and start sobbing, trying to figure out the puzzle 😭
- Pierce's Girlfriend: Lost Storyline in the background
- 🎵Gotta collect 'em all, Ultimatrix!🎵
- Killing the Plumber wasn't enough, he had loot him for the suit?!
21:56 gotta collect em all
More like "gotta scan em all"
@@Xevokro true
I think it makes sense they retconned how strong their absorption is. After all, at the time of Ultimate Alien, Osmosians were an entire species, so it makes sense to make their copied powers a bit less powerful so you wouldn’t have an entire series of overly powerful copy cats
Nah I think the reason kevin became half pyronite and tetramand is because of the omnitrix
Also Kevin being able to go toe to toe could be explained as he was absorbing energy rather than the physical body like Greg was
5:40 this is basically whenever a boss becomes a playable character
23:05 hold up, the Ultimatrix is also missing Goop, Wildmutt (if you're feeling fancy enough to count that this early into the show, same with Heatblast), and Nanomech
Wildmutt wasnt re unlock yet and nanomech is small for heatblast its just same for willmutt is not re-unlock
Maybe Nanomech is so small that it can't be seen
Wildmutt was never a thing till ben 10k unlock him
Seeing ultimate big chill use fire just makes me miss heatblast as he’s always gonna be the fire guy to me
23:10 Goop would like to know your location
I never understood why aggregor didnt just went in the original planets and captured another set of aliens other than spesifically searching for the originals
I love these types of episodes. Focusing on new characters while still having enough Ben action. Awesome!
There's something about the andromeda aliens that are very standout aesthetically. Can only really put it as, they look very action figure convertable lol. Not that it's a bad thing at all, I'm sure that was the idea for most alien designs since season 1 of classic proved to be money making. But these especially have a toy feel
Well, I think we have to consider the fact that the Omnitrix has near unlimited power, where a living being doesn't.
Meaning it kinda makes sense that Kevin can have fully powered alien, where Agragor doesn't.
Also, I don't think Agragor thought about using the Omnitrix, cause he was so focused on absorbing the Andromeda 5
I think he was gonna use Amp'hibian Ben when he couldn't find Ra'ad. Or maybe I'm thinking of some other guy who used Amp'hibian
@@yannismorris4772 he did. You might also be thinking about the time Ampfibian's experimented on in Viktor Spoils.
Terraspin got done dirty. They explicitly say he is immune to magic and mana and show it, but later in spoiler location with Charmcaster he does jack shit and just jobs.
Damn that sucks
at 18:11 one of the agrabots gets zapped without coming incontact with water till a few seconds later
I would say that the power damper for humans would probably prevent us from using adrenaline and probably leave us feeling exhausted and possibly weak. Pretty much just letting us move but doing much more
8:07 ~0~ Oh Great Ben Tennyson
It took me a bit to realize you were calling *Aggregor* Greg
21:45 Agreed. That'd be neat
23:10 Wait isn't Goop missing?
I've got a lot of things to say about this:
I'm really glad to see one of my favorite episodes of Ultimate Alien being covered.
This episode reminded me why, from the Andromeda five, armadillo is my favorite alien (I much preferred the jackhammer earthquake arms to the OV drill arms), why Galapagos is my favorite character, that people friggin died on-screen in this franchise!!!
Bivalvin seems to have a lot of experience breaking out of prison, seeing how he handles this situation (I see him sort of like the Kevin 11 of this group) I love how you call Aggregor "Greg"
I have ONE problem with this breakdown video tho:
At 21:30 you forgot about Goop!!!
considering that P'andor is confirmed to be a criminal from his planet, I wouldn't be surprised if Bivalvan is some kind of a fugitive or a spy from his planet.
Kinda makes me wonder if bivalvin was a criminal in andromeda
@@axelnilsson5124 and he is good at stealing too
When Galapagus was talking to Ben about there being a song about him, I thought it was a meta joke to Ben 10's most iconic song.
It's been a while, but I believe it goes a little something like this:
"It started when an alien device did what it did" :)
YES WE CAN AGREE ON THIS! “Powers” would be a relative term based on what a species can’t normally do. Me spitting a certain distance would be considered a “power” by an alien that maybe can’t spit at all... natural biological functions shouldn’t be considered “powers” unless the rest of the species is unable to perform them.
Bivalvan always felt like the leader of Andromeda five to me to be honest.
Raad was egoistic anti-hero
Pandor was straight up evil jerk
Andreas was kinda gentle giant
And
Galapagus was straight up Wholesome to be honest.
That's just my opinion though. What did you think? Kuro ?
Kinda wished we saw this guy's again.
Andreas definetly had an innocent streak but He was also prone to violence, So I got more hulk vibes from him.
It makes sense bivalvan was a leader given his species is well revered on his homeworld and are scene with almost religous reverence/ as celebrities.
Pandor I get the impression that he’s the only character that might properly belong in a prison. Then again his circumstances are worse than the others since he’s pretty much starving in that thing.
Agreed with raad and galapagus!
@@GreaterGrievobeast55 P'andor is confirmed to be a criminal from his planet.
i would say Ra'ad is more an "I do this my own way" type of guy, like he isn't really a team player. could be the reason why he lasted longer among the andromeda 5
@@GreaterGrievobeast55 💯
This is one of the best episodes for me in UA. It really hooked me up for what was about to come. Now that I look back, we got three major arcs (?) in the UA:
- Aggregor and Andromeda prisoners Arc (Season 1)
- Ultimate Kevin Arc (Season 1) (Although it is correlated with the first one)
- Diagon Arc (Season 2)
I have always enjoyed the first arc a lot. It was different and very enjoyable for me.
The power draining device was actually draining their stamina, as seen with Bivalvan shooting small jets of water when Galapagos took the device.
Also, don't forget that when Kevin absorbed Heatblast's power in the Original it only covered half his body and dried up after some time, so since then it was implied that Osmosians could only absorbe one tenth of an alien's strength.
And finally, I want to point out that the Yeti is a relative of V. V. Argost("foreshadowing" that cryptids exist in this universe) and that it is likely the team met with Animo and the Yeti in the same Tibetan mountains that Argost killed Zak's mom parents, as a trivia of how the Ben 10 and the Saturdays universes mix up.
Good catch with V.V argost! Thought I was the only one who had that in mind. Although You’d think he’d be a bit weary over his scheme of controlling a bunch of yetis..maybe it was actually argost that sold him the device in the first place pfft.
oh dang! I forgot the secret saturdays actually exist in ben 10!
In 'Framed', we see Kevin turning into the entire alien. So, no. It was really just a retcon
Also... I don't see how the draining device is only draining their stamina?? No one ever claims that they feel weaker, and Ra'ad is just constantly floating but you'd think he wouldn't be if the device drained his stamina
@@PhantomKnight27, then Kevin didn't actually absorb the Omnitrix DNA, but was struck by an overflow of Omnitrix energy(similar to when he hacked it in AF Season 3), which messed up his DNA with that of the original 10, eventually leading to his first mutation, so it was a mutation, not DNA absorbtion.
Also, the thing with the stamina absorbtion is that it seemed like the best explanation to me about their powers being drained, apart from "cartoon device which magically takes away the powers and nothing else."
@@mitchjervis8453 You're right about that. I should've thought about that more. My argument was pretty shit there. Not only that, but it's only cause he went directly for the Omnitrix that he was able to do so, which automatically disqualifies my previous argument
So, returning to 'Kevin 11' then. If Aggregor was only capable of absorbing 1/10th, that it couldn't even mutate him, then how was Kevin able to absorb seemingly half?? He didn't go for the Omnitrix, here so wouldn't he not mutate to such a degree??
Regarding the second paragraph, I was confused cause you stated it like it was a fact instead of a theory you thought up. But yeah, there's just... really no other explanation for it than "plot device", which is really sad... I was hoping it'd be more as well
20:35. 😂😂😂 Was not expecting that
It's a story arc, When it comes to arcs aside from their ending overall story does not disappoint no matter which series of Ben 10 your prefer.
not even the reboot.
The thing with the Ultimatrix's activation method, is that the Omnitrix from the OS does the same multiple times. It's not the same with the Ultimatrix, where it's solely activated this way. However, we have been told how the Omnitrix's activation method works, and there have been multiple times where it was not activated that way. The Ultimatrix's activation method seems to greatly imply that the Ultimatrix is activated psuedo-telepathically.
This one is one I was waiting for. It's a really good episode to fully set up the plot and I do love the format of it especially having Galapagos tell us this story with him as our main character. It's fascinating especially how peaceful he is and his relationship to everyone growing overtime. Even him learning from the others to outsmart and defeat Agragor for a little while. I will say I was shocked that they actually killed the Plumber but I think it's a cool idea although it is sad cause he is a really cool character so losing him is sad even if it helps to show the threat Agragor possess and how ruthless he is.
idk if everyone already knew this or not,
but i just noticed that the andromeda 5 are like the 5 elements
water, air, earth, fire, and electricity.
Yea. How could I never noticed that.
Wait electricity comes to five elements!!
@@pathumdilhara7831 energy, thunder, electricity(word) struck me at that moment so i wrote that
@@Vaibhavsingh-yc5ln : 😍😍👍
The reason the first turtle Greg absorbed wasn't enough is because osmosisons have a limit and for the most part a duration. That's why he needed to build a machine to absorb more of their power.
14:15 my new Headcanon for it is now, the reason Kevin could go Toe to Toe with Ben is while yes he only got 10% of The Aliens Strength, it was because he was an 11 Year Old version of them, while Ben was still 10, for humans 11 and 10 Year Olds aren't that different strength wise, for the other species like Pyronites or Tetramands it could be a HUGE gap in power
13:22 Funny to call him that while being next to Ra'ad.
Foreshadowing
I probably like the Andromeda Five more than most. I've always liked it when Ben's aliens get some back story to them or are shown outside of just being an alien transformation.
The andromeda five are pretty much the best thing about ultimate alien honestly. Really weird how ben never tried going ultimate with them. The only thing that rivals the individuals and the transformations being ultimate kevin
The new intro is _still_ focken dope, every time I see it.
11:14 Its because a small portion would just be temporary whereas like with Aggregor later he had the Andromeda aliens absorbed entirely into them which gave him both the abilities as well as physiologies of all of them whwre as with Kevin in OS he omly had parts of Ben's aliens' DNA and that makes it easy to assume that its the reason Kevin couldnt use certain alien powers like Upgrade's power.
Men already meet your Ben 10 comic, or more like what should have been ben 10 2016. You're a genius.
That intro tho is just so clean kuro. Hope all you at ink tank are doing well and being safe
Thanks Elijha!
Man...this was the first ben 10 episode I ever watched I guess that could be why the 5 are some of my favorites
I feel bad for galapagus,
First he wanted help from ben and the team, only to get beaten by them and when he thought he was being rescued, aggregor found him…
This was the episode that I think sold me on Aggregor as a villain. Made it very clear he was a threat, merciless, and on a mission. Just casually killing people onscreen.
I think its funny that Bivalvon calls galapaegous "Amphibious face" when Ampfibian is right next to him.
Why did Ben a jellyfish "amphibian"? Did he fail biology?
Adding on to Kuro's idea, a coop mode could be a thing that allows u to play with multiple of your friends through some specific levels. For example, there could be a level where u and 4 other of your friends have to play as the Andromeda 5 and escape from Aggregor's ship and it could play like a GTA V heist, u have to try not to be spotted, u need to sneak around and take out enemies from behind. I can imagine this being cool and fun because playing GTA V heists with my friends is fun because we mess around and act stupid.
I can always tell when it's Dee Bradley Baker, I got so used to his voice when he played Every Clone in the clone wars show. He has a few variations on that voice, and then one more that I recognize as Variks from Destiny.
Really enjoyed this episode and the breakdown of said episode. As for the redesigns of the Stalker, they all look really good, the only thing that I have to say about them is that some of them if not the majority of the designs look similar to the Martian fighting machines/ tripods from the War of the Worlds novel, movie and musical. (But I guess that’s more of a me thing, really like that story as well as the musical adaptation).
Personally, I'd guess the reason Kevin got the full powers of Ben's individual aliens in classic, is just that he wasn't absorbing the powers directly, but was rather absorbing the ability to turn into those alien species from the Omnitrix. Could also explain the slow or sometimes incomplete transformations too. Then as to his amalgamated state, just go with the idea of each one being weaker because there's so much going on.
18:30
Plumbus from Rick and morty
I can't believe that it took me till the end of the video to realize this man was calling Aggregor "Greg"
The way I imagined the activation of the ultimatrix was similar to having a smart watch like the Apple Watch whenever you raise it to look at it, that’s when it turns on
That Yeti real strong to be man-handle the same 4-Arms who casually clapped Serpent with 2 sedans
As a kid thsi was my favorite episode I think. I recall it a lot, and even enjoyed Terra spin as both a transformation and the guy himself(forgot his name).
Though unfortunately for me I have major Tryptaphobia so that sycked lol. I actually think this is what started it for me as as a kid seeing Aggregor randomly opening giant holes in hid body really disturbed me lol.
Yeah I can see that aggregor thing disturbing anyone as a kid especially.
Doctor Aloicious Animo: I will turn everyone into yetis! Ghehahahahahah!
Yeti: OK? Why?
Ben: Really?
Terraspin is rarely if ever talked about so it's nice that this video exists.
I love the way Animo says "I'm still paying for that."
Master Galil coming to investigate Greg's ship gave me an early taste of the horror trope of a cop coming to investigate and naively leaving himself open to get iced. I felt so much tension when I was little because watching an authority figure get dealt with so easily was pretty frightening
Danm you kuro, you've activated my tripophobia😭😭
5:53 Considering the fact that the Ultimatrix was made by Albedo specifically for combat purposes, that actually makes a bit of sense.
9:52 Oh my god... Kuro touches grass!?
9:55 I got some of that Swamp Fire OG myself RN.
terra-spin has a very cannonbolt like power set, in that his ability comes from what his body naturually forms into